Kai Bird Bücher

Das Buch zum Kino-Highlight im Sommer 2023 Oppenheimer wird eines der großen Kino-Highlights im Sommer 2023 sein. Das biografische Thriller-Drama über den »Vater der Atombombe« J. Robert Oppenheimer wartet mit einem beeindruckenden Hollywood-Cast auf: Oscar-Preisträger Casey Affleck, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Cillian Murpy, Gary Oldman und viele andere sind dabei. Der Film, bei dem Christopher Nolan für Regie und Drehbuch verantwortlich zeichnet, basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Sachbuch von Kai Bird und Martin J. Sherwin. Die Pulitzerpreis-gekrönte Biografie zeigt die Ambivalenzen eines Forschers, der sich zwischen Erkenntnisdrang und ethischer Verantwortung entscheiden muss.

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Pulitzer-Preis: Das Buch zum großen Kino-Highlight J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) zählt zu den schillerndsten Figuren der jüngeren Zeitgeschichte. Kai Bird und Martin J. Sherwin erzählen das Leben des »Vaters der Atombombe« und zeigen exemplarisch das Drama eines Forschers, der sich zwischen Erkenntnisdrang und ethischer Verantwortung entscheiden muss. Basierend auf ihrer mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichneten Biographie drehte Regisseur Christopher Nolan sein Meisterwerk Oppenheimer .

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative. “A masterful account of Oppenheimer’s rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America’s own transformation. It is a tour de force.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review “A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait with a keen grasp of Oppenheimer’s essential nature.... It succeeds in deeply fathoming his most damaging, self-contradictory behavior.” —The New York Times

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